Posts Tagged ‘Takeshi Kitano’

FONDATION CARTIER vivid memories
In 2014, the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain celebrates 30 years anniversary of a history written hand in hand with artists. For one year, Jean Nouvel’s building will serve as a vibrant arena for artists and works representing everything the Fondation Cartier stands for: creation and discovery, openness to multiple disciplines, progressive voices and ideas… Here is a quick view of the first level of the exhibition with artists such as Cesar, Marc Newsom, Matthew Barney, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Alessandro Mendini, Issey Miyake, Takeshi Kitano, Raymond Hains, Davis Lynch, Jean Michel Alberola…Photo by Pascal Gillet

Filmmaker, actor, TV presenter, comedian, painter, writer, Takeshi Kitano is also known as Beat Takeshi. Irrepressibly curious, passionate about the acquisition and passing on of knowledge, he adroitly switches genres and idioms, moving from violence to comedy, from over-the-top performances to deeply restrained ones. With joy, humor and seriousness, Beat Takeshi Kitano has thrown himself into Gosse de peintre at fondation Cartier, an unusual project that subtly, if impertinently, alights in the realm of childhood.

Paintings and videos, bizarre objects and settings, whimsical and fantastic machines, Kitano leads the visitor through surprises, gags and games, all the while mocking contemporary art, experimenting with the sciences and toying with clichés associated with his country, Japan.